The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IVORY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result IVORY
- Nothing right in girl? That's hard!
- What’s hard and highly valued about the jumbo?
- Item often illegally exported from country without coast
- Once a key constituent in vote opposed radical youth at first
- Climber eating yellow pasty
- White substance that's key?
- Climber coming across gold material in tooth
- Coast of Africa once creamy white
- Whitish yellow growth that climbs walls
- Creamy-white, like a Welshman?
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The straight part
We know that "creamy white" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case creamy white = ivory.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does IVORY mean?
IVORY noun- The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
- A creamy white color, the color of ivory.
- Something made from or resembling ivory.
- (collective, singular or in plural) The teeth.
- (collective, singular or in plural) The keys of a piano.
- A white person.
- Made of ivory.
- Resembling or having the colour of ivory.